Movielogr
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Most recently watched by sensoria, sleestakk
Overview
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor’s civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
Length 157 minutes
Actors
Seiji Miyaguchi | Rokkô Toura | Chishū Ryū | Sô Yamamura | Toshirō Mifune | Yoshio Kosugi | Takashi Shimura | Etsushi Takahashi | Takao Inoue | Tadao Nakamaru | Toshio Kurosawa | Akira Kitchôji | Haruo Yamada | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Ushio Akashi | Isao Tamagawa | Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi | Tôru Takeuchi | Takeshi Katô | Kyuzo Kawabe | Tatsuyoshi Ehara | Kazuko Iida | Shiro Kida | Shiyuki Tanaka | Keisuke Yamada | Kôji Mitsui | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Shôgo Shimada | Goro Morino | Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Minoru Takada | Daisuke Katô | Shigeki Ishida | Jun Tazaki | Akihiko Hirata | Sachio Sakai | Nobuo Nakamura | Shin Tatsuoka | Ryuji Kita | Akiji Nomura | Yû Fujiki | Kazuo Kitamura | Fuyuki Murakami | Hyo Kitazawa | Masao Imafuku | Hideyo Amamoto | Shigeru Kôyama | Jun Hamamura | Kaku Oze | Makoto Satō | Akira Kubo | Naoya Kusakawa | Masao Akitsuki | Seiichirô Nomura | Hiroo Kirino | Yasuo Araki | Kenjiro Ishiyama | Keikichi Taki | Susumu Fujita | Hiroshi Tanaka | Yutaka Sada | Tadayoshi Ueda | Nobuyuki Katsube | Yūnosuke Itō | Hiroshi Hasegawa | Hirayoshi Aono | Kiyoshi Kodama | Torahiko Hamada | Tadashi Fukuro | Keiju Kobayashi | Ichirô Nakatani | Tadasaburo Wakayama | Ren Yamamoto | Yutaka Nakayama | Kanta Mori | Tôru Ibuki | Seishirô Kuno | Yasuzô Ogawa | Yoshifumi Tajima | Yûzô Kayama | Michiyo Aratama | Akio Miyabe | Ginzô Sekiguchi | Yû Sekita | Hisashi Igawa | Hiroshi Koizumi | Hakuô Matsumoto | Tatsuya Nakadai